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The United States grants visa-free entry to nationals of two neighboring jurisdictions under most circumstances: Canada – Citizens of Canada do not need a visa to visit the United States under most circumstances. In addition, under the USMCA (and previously the NAFTA), they may obtain authorization to work under a simplified procedure. They ...
Terminology. State visits are visits to the United States led by a foreign head of state acting in his or her sovereign capacity. They are, therefore, described as a "visit of [name of state]". [1] State visits can only occur on the invitation of the president of the United States, acting in his capacity as head of the United States.
A visiting forces agreement is a version of a status of forces agreement that only applies to troops temporarily in a country. The agreements came into force on May 27, 1999, upon ratification by the Senate of the Philippines. [3] The United States government regards these documents to be executive agreements not requiring approval by the ...
The President's Guest House, commonly known as Blair House has been the official guest house of visiting dignitaries in Washington D.C. since 1824. The first international visit to the United States was made by King Kalakaua of Hawaii in 1874, which was the first visit by a foreign chief of state or head of government.[1]
Travel visa. A United States travel visum [1] issued in 2014. A visum ( lat. “something seen”, [1] pl. visa from Latin charta visa 'papers that have been seen') [2] is a conditional authorization granted by a polity to a foreigner that allows them to enter, remain within, or leave its territory. Visas typically include limits on the ...
David M. Cote (Chairman and CEO of Honeywell International) was the most frequent business visitor to the White House during the Obama administration. While Obama's release of the logs was generally praised by transparency activists, [1] the Sunlight Foundation noted, "The voluntary system can be too easily circumvented.
Admission to the Union is provided by the Admissions Clause of the United States Constitution in Article IV, Section 3, Clause 1, which authorizes the United States Congress to admit new states into the Union beyond the thirteen states that already existed when the Constitution came into effect. The Constitution went into effect on June 21 ...
Visiting card. A visiting card or a calling card was a small, decorative card that was carried by individuals to present themselves to others. It was a common practice in the 18th and 19th century, particularly among the upper classes, to leave a visiting card when calling on someone (which means to visit their house or workplace).